The firmware upgrade utility provided my Motorola for their iDEN handsets has been removed from their site. Also, no reason was given for the abrupt removal. The removal of the utility comes as a shock, as the utility has been a very useful tool for iDEN subscribers the world over. In the United States, this news affects Nextel subscribers. continued »

Verizon is letting loose a ton of devices lately, and the latest is the Motorola Q9c. The Q9c is a more business like upgrade to the Motorola Q, as opposed to the much more media friendly Q9m. It features a full barrel of improvements over the original Q, not the least of which is the upgrade from Windows Mobile 5, ... continued »

Motorola's collaboration with Kodak has resulted in the ZN5, a candybar handset with the 5-megapixel CMOS sensor the camera specialist announced back in February.  KeySJ have managed to pick up the cellphone and have been putting it through its own photoshoot.  Most obvious is the camera bulge on the back; the Kodak sensor was meant to allow for smaller handsets, ... continued »

According to an article posted in a U.K. magazine, Motorola is looking to bring full length films to mobile devices in the form of a movie store. The article claims to have sources at Paramount that are saying Motorola is in the "late stages" of developing this movie store. Paramount is said to be the only movie studio involved. Even ... continued »

The headline says it all: analysts, investors and the company themselves were expecting Motorola's Q1 2008 financial performance to be bad, but the US firm managed to miss even the dreariest of sales predictions.  Year-on-year sales fell by 39-percent, with the reported $7.45bn in Q1 sales a whole 21-percent less than Q1 2007.  That's all because of appalling shipping figures: 40-percent ... continued »

Motorola have announced the Z8m slider, complete with a new 7.2Mbps HSDPA update. The Z8 has a unique feature that makes it tilt when slid open. This supposedly makes it easier for the user to talk on the phone when it is open. continued »

Boy Genius Report has outed T-Mobile's device schedule for 2008. The information comes from a managers meeting that was held, so this information is looking solid. There are quite a few devices that are dropping, so read on for the full list. continued »

As of today, Sprint and Nextel customers using certain handsets will have the option to dump their pocket full of change and, with suitably equipped retailers, use their cellphones to make credit card payments.  The software comes courtesy of Pipeline Data and is called Aircharge; once installed on a device it uses Bluetooth to send the credit card details to ... continued »

We first heard about the Motorola V750 for Verizon back in February, when aside from the handset's name little was known about it.  Now photos of the V750, which has turned out to be a clamshell, have surfaced, showing that it has a similar keypad to the VU30 - also for Verizon - and, apparently, similar specifications.  However the harder-edged ... continued »

It's usually tough to summarise a week when we've had a big cellular show, and this one is little different.  Of course, the show in question was CTIA Wireless 2008, held in Las Vegas, and you can review all the coverage courtesy of this tag.  Of the new handsets, Sprint grabbed headlines with the Instinct by Samsung, an obvious iPhone ... continued »